Debar
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debar¹
- /dɪˈbɑː(ɹ)/ UK
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman debarrer.
verb debars · debarring · debarred
- To exclude or shut out; to bar. As for the guides, they were debarred from the pleasure of discourse, the one being placed in the van, and the other obliged to bring up the rear.
- To hinder or prevent. How can I then return in happy plight, That am debarr'd the benefit of rest?
- To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.
Debar²
proper noun
- A city in western North Macedonia.
